Dr. Brooks was an intern in Grey Sloan Memorial since in season 9 and the beginning of season 10. Derek Shepherd believed she would have done well in neurology due to the fact that she had fast hands.

Dr. Brooks was known to help out the needy under the table. This is learned in "Thriller" when Dr. Ross believed he was seeing a witch who was teasing him for indirectly causing Heather's death during the season 9 finale " Perfect Storm". It was found that the "witch" was a homeless women with asthma. Dr. Ross helps the homeless women under the table, giving her asthma medication. It is suggested that he begins to follow in the late Heather Brooks path.